Where the Light Falls

Joined by pianist Greg Goebel and drummer Charlie Doggett, legendary bassist/composer David Friesen presents here a two-disc set of live and studio recordings comprised entirely of originals, all of them in a generally straight-ahead but harmonically adventurous style. Guitarist Larry Koonse pitches in on about half of the tracks as well, and those are some of the most enjoyable — though the whole album is great. Friesen's backup playing is especially well worth paying attention to; he walks with the best of them, but frequently digresses into syncopated passages that manage brilliantly to be fascinating without drawing undue attention to themselves.